- Israel Crespo
Israel Omar Crespo (
1986-02-12 -2007-09-15 ) was aPuerto Rica n professional boxer. He was born inArecibo, Puerto Rico .Amateur career
Known as "Chickie", Crespo had an outstanding amateur career, and was the
National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight Champion in 2004.Professional career
Crespo turned professional in 2005, fighting out of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania and won his first two bouts before losing toCarlos Tamara in 2006.Death
Crespo was shot and killed by bullets fired from a moving car while horseback riding with friends outside
Ponce, Puerto Rico . [cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LC&p_theme=lc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=headline(Former+Lancaster+boxer+killed)%20AND%20date(09/01/2007%20to%2009/31/2007)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_field_advanced-0=title&p_text_advanced-0=(%22Former+Lancaster+boxer+killed%22)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no |title=Former Lancaster boxer killed |accessdate=2008-01-05 |author= |date=2007-09-17 |work= |publisher=Intelligencer Journal ]References
External links
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See also
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List of Puerto Ricans
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